--- description: Funny man makes somber video for serious band title: Watch Judd Apatow's Video Clip for the Avett Brothers' 'Morning Song' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c0a8ace0f8f6397/6986843555a859d1e6a7f90a/avett-brothers-judd-apatow-morning-song.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Avett Brothers' Clip for 'Morning Song' Produced by Judd Apatow by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 4:32 PM CUT  by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 6, 2014 4:32 PM CUT For their latest video, alt-country act the Avett Brothers teamed up with Judd Apatow, who produced the Michael Bonfiglio-directed clip for “Morning Song.” Despite Apatow’s involvement with the clip, don’t expect any Seth Rogen pop ups, McLovin cameos or _Anchorman_\-esque humor. Instead the video stays true to the Avett Brothers’ stripped-down musical ethos, with the video focusing on the brothers as they play their solemn song in a church, interspersed with slow-motion images of rural America in winter and long walks down railroad tracks, banjos in tow. While Apatow fans will miss the chance for a _Talladega Nights_ crossover, fans of the Avett Brothers’ folksy blues will love the acoustic version of the song that appears on their recent album, _Magpie and the Dandelion._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/14162/video-avett-brothers-clip-for-morning-song-produced-by-judd-apatow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/14162/video-avett-brothers-clip-for-morning-song-produced-by-judd-apatow/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Avett Brothers' Clip for 'Morning Song' Produced by Judd Apatow","datePublished":"2014-03-06T16:32:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T07:28:54.171Z","description":"Funny man makes somber video for serious band","url":"https://time.com/14162/video-avett-brothers-clip-for-morning-song-produced-by-judd-apatow/","keywords":["Music","Music Video","Judd Apatow"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c0a8ace0f8f6397/6986843555a859d1e6a7f90a/avett-brothers-judd-apatow-morning-song.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c0a8ace0f8f6397/6986843555a859d1e6a7f90a/avett-brothers-judd-apatow-morning-song.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"avett-brothers-judd-apatow-morning-song","caption":"Avett Brothers Video Still from Morning Song","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/14162/video-avett-brothers-clip-for-morning-song-produced-by-judd-apatow/","name":"VIDEO: Avett Brothers' Clip for 'Morning Song' Produced by Judd Apatow"}}]}] ```